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 Elon is a Piece of work - didn't he take Billions from government to build those Tunnels that were supposed to solve Traffic ?  He said he would build them in 6 months.  That was years ago.  Literally nothing has happened.  I was asked how come Elon isn't in prison yet over stunts like this and i said it's because he is good friends with Klaus Schwab.

My biggest concern right now is that Elon has convinced Legacy Automakers to give up development of CCS charging infrastructure in America promising instead that he will allow them to use Tesla's charging network ... but we know what Elon's promises are worth.

Pretty much every EV maker now says they will be on NACS ( " North American Charging Standard " formerly Tesla Supercharger ) starting from 2025 ...

why 2025 ?  why not now ?  everything is "Next Year" with Elon.  he had robotaxis coming "next year" for a decade and already many other companies have robotaxis and Tesla still doesn't.

what happened is competitors like Porsche, Audi, Mercedes and BMW were coming out with EVs that were better than Tesla's and CCS charging network was growing and Elon had to figure out a way to put some sand in their bearings so to speak so he BRILLIANTLY convinced them to give up on developing on CCS ( Combined Charging System ) which would have ended Tesla within 5 years, and instead take his worthless WORD that he will help them ... LOL

i'm pulling my hair out here - how can they keep falling for Elon's tricks ?  i hope they got good lawyers because they might be in for a surprise when 2025 comes and Elon has some kind of excuse for why their cars can't charge on Tesla's network ...

what will probably happen is Elon will allow them to plug in, but it simply isn't going to work.  and then Elon's lawyers will say we only promised we will allow you to plug in it's not out fault that nothing is working.  that kind of stuff is beyond our control !

it's the same as how when Autopilot kills you one second before you die you press the brake and that deactivates Autopilot and Tesla lawyers say in court " our log data indicates Autopilot was not enabled at the time of the crash " ...